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BOOKS BY HELEN Z. PAPANIKOLASTO ADD TO YOUR LISTPublished in The National Herald, May 20-26, 2017 IssueAuthored by Eleni Sakellis------------------------------ We are excited to announce that The National Herald has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group. ------------------------------

----------------------- For those of us who are first generation Greek-Americans, whose parents came across in airplanes for the most part, it is often fascinating to hear about the early Greek immigrants who came to America in search of a better life. Today, we take for granted the vast distances that separate us from the homeland, but in the late 19th century and early 20th century, there was a real chance the immigrant would never return home and never again see the beloved shores of Greece. This was especially true for early Greek immigrants to the western United States. The Greek-American community faced unique challenges, and the cultural expe…

It is in the city centre, in the building of the Municipal Cultural Centre. It was founded in 1933 as a result of the efforts of people of the Arts from Kalamata who wanted all people of the city to have access to books of literature and, in general, to have access to education. It is considered to be one of the most important and complete libraries of southern Greece, with more than 90.000 books, some of them from Medieval times. Apart from books, there are also thousands of journals and also rare handscripts.

The Orthodox Observer, the national publication of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, functions as the primary news and information connection and is a direct physical link between the Archdiocese, the Metropolises, parishes and individual parishioners.

The Orthodox Observer has a section titled "In Memoriam" where they print detailed death notices about clergy, presbytera's, and various other important members of the church.

The Orthodox Observer, the national publication of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, functions as the primary news and information connection and is a direct physical link between the Archdiocese, the Metropolises, parishes and individual parishioners.

The Orthodox Observer has a section titled "In Memoriam" where they print detailed death notices about clergy, presbytera's, and various other important members of the church.

The Orthodox Observer, the national publication of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, functions as the primary news and information connection and is a direct physical link between the Archdiocese, the Metropolises, parishes and individual parishioners.

The Orthodox Observer has a section titled "In Memoriam" where they print detailed death notices about clergy, presbytera's, and various other important members of the church.

THE PASSING OF A GENERATION:THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF GREEK AMERICANSPublished in The National Herald, May 6-12, 2017 IssueAuthored by Steve FrangosTNH Staff Writer------------------------------ We are excited to announce that The National Herald has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group. ------------------------------

----------------------- Without word or whisper, the passing of an entire generation is nearly complete. The children of the 1880 to 1920 generation of Greek immigrants to the United States are almost gone from our midst. Not too far behind them are their cousins/extended family from Greece who they had sponsored immediately after World War II. This was the Greek-America, I knew and in which I grew up. Now, this world is on the very brink of disappearing forever. Any real historian would already have generated a series of articles on this moment in our collective experience. But, this simply has not taken place. All this …

THE LITTLE KNOWN HISTORY OF GREEK-AMERICAN MAGICIANS:1850 to 1906Published in The National Herald, May 5, 2017 IssueAuthored by Steve FrangosTNH Staff Writer------------------------------ We are excited to announce that The National Herald has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group. ------------------------------

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While entertainment forms
may seem secondary (if even
that) to the formation of American
notions of persons and
things said to Greek, they are in
fact very often the only images
the majority of average Americans
have of persons, events and
things Greek. Especially if we
are examining early images.
Greek magicians, as a topic, has
several levels of meaning(s) for
the average American. First, any
American that went to school
(or proved to be a regular
reader) knew of Greeks during
the Classical Era. As such persons
identified as Greek magicians
were already known to
even the most isolated of audience…

STEVE VASILAKES, THE WHITE HOUSE'S PEANUT MAN - WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONPublished in The National Herald, May 5, 2017 IssueAuthored by Steve FrangosTNH Staff Writer------------------------------ We are excited to announce that The National Herald has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group. ------------------------------

----------------------- WASHINGTON — Νicholas Stefanos “Steve” Vasilakes emigrated from Ligerea, Greece, to the United States in 1910 and soon thereafter set up his hot peanuts and fresh popped popcorn cart on what actually was White House property. He listed his business address as “1732 Pennsylvania Avenue” and reporters observed he came to represent the “little man” in America, according to www.whitehousehistory.org. He was described as a “burly, fierce mustached Greek” and during World War I he boldly advertised on a hand-painted sign on his cart that on specified weeks he donated all of his proce…